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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15]

Sydney New South Wales [15]

Newcastle, Northumberland [12]

Edinburgh [10]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10]

Aberdeen [9]

Aberdeen Scotland [9]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [8]

Bendigo Victoria [8]

Belfast, Antrim [7]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Carlisle, Cumberland [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Newcastle On Tyne England [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

Aberdeenshire [5]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [5]

Edinburgh Scotland [5]

Footscray Victoria [5]

Glasgow Scotland [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Brunswick New South Wales [4]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [4]

Deep Lead Victoria [4]

Dundee Scotland [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Glasgow [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Port Macquarie New South Wales [4]

South Melbourne Victoria [4]

Adelong New South Wales [3]

Bundaberg Queensland [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Durham [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Pyrmont New South Wales [3]

Redfern New South Wales [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Ascot Vale Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [2787]

Gunner [306]

Corporal [241]

Serjeant [234]

Sapper [201]

Driver [199]

Second Lieutenant [147]

Lance Corporal [135]

Captain [127]

Lieutenant [108]

Major [40]

Pioneer [38]

Acting Serjeant [36]

Acting Corporal [35]

Lieutenant Colonel [26]

Bombardier [23]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Able Seaman [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [13]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Deck Hand [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Worker [10]

Temporary Captain [8]

Temporary Major [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Nurse [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Sergeant [6]

Sister [6]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Colonel [5]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Second Hand [4]

Stoker [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Captain Acting Major [3]

Commander [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [355]

Royal Field Artillery [331]

Gordon Highlanders [319]

Army Service Corps [263]

Labour Corps [253]

Royal Garrison Artillery [204]

Royal Army Medical Corps [186]

Seaforth Highlanders [165]

Royal Scots [153]

Royal Highlanders [144]

Highland Light Infantry [139]

Machine Gun Corps [134]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [122]

Northumberland Fusiliers [122]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [118]

Cameron Highlanders [116]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [109]

London Regiment [100]

Durham Light Infantry [81]

Scottish Rifles [81]

Border Regiment [78]

Canadian Infantry [71]

Royal Naval Division [60]

Royal Irish Rifles [47]

Royal Fusiliers [46]

Royal Army Service Corps [45]

Scots Guards [41]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [39]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [38]

Manchester Regiment [36]

Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [29]

Royal Naval Reserve [28]

Tank Corps [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26]

Army Veterinary Corps [24]

Lancashire Fusiliers [23]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

Royal Air Force [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Service

British Army [4447]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [726]

Australian Imperial Force [381]

Royal Navy [361]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [341]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [123]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

D [6563]

S [3]

R [2]

E [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6361]

Merchant Navy [143]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [113]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15] Sydney New South Wales [15] Newcastle, Northumberland [12] Edinburgh [10] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10] Aberdeen [9] Aberdeen Scotland [9] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [8] Bendigo Victoria [8] Belfast, Antrim [7] Brisbane Queensland [7] Carlisle, Cumberland [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Adelaide South Australia [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Newcastle On Tyne England [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] Aberdeenshire [5] Ballarat Victoria [5] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [5] Edinburgh Scotland [5] Footscray Victoria [5] Glasgow Scotland [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Brunswick New South Wales [4] Carlton Victoria [4] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [4] Deep Lead Victoria [4] Dundee Scotland [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Glasgow [4] London, Middlesex [4] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4] Port Macquarie New South Wales [4] South Melbourne Victoria [4] Adelong New South Wales [3] Bundaberg Queensland [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Durham [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Pyrmont New South Wales [3] Redfern New South Wales [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Albany Western Australia [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Ascot Vale Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [2787] Gunner [306] Corporal [241] Serjeant [234] Sapper [201] Driver [199] Second Lieutenant [147] Lance Corporal [135] Captain [127] Lieutenant [108] Major [40] Pioneer [38] Acting Serjeant [36] Acting Corporal [35] Lieutenant Colonel [26] Bombardier [23] Lance Serjeant [17] Able Seaman [13] Temporary Lieutenant [13] Colour Serjeant [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Deck Hand [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Worker [10] Temporary Captain [8] Temporary Major [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Nurse [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Corporal 2nd [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Sergeant [6] Sister [6] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Colonel [5] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Staff Nurse [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Second Hand [4] Stoker [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Captain Acting Major [3] Commander [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [355] Royal Field Artillery [331] Gordon Highlanders [319] Army Service Corps [263] Labour Corps [253] Royal Garrison Artillery [204] Royal Army Medical Corps [186] Seaforth Highlanders [165] Royal Scots [153] Royal Highlanders [144] Highland Light Infantry [139] Machine Gun Corps [134] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [122] Northumberland Fusiliers [122] Royal Scots Fusiliers [118] Cameron Highlanders [116] King's Own Scottish Borderers [109] London Regiment [100] Durham Light Infantry [81] Scottish Rifles [81] Border Regiment [78] Canadian Infantry [71] Royal Naval Division [60] Royal Irish Rifles [47] Royal Fusiliers [46] Royal Army Service Corps [45] Scots Guards [41] Liverpool Regiment [40] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [39] Royal Irish Fusiliers [38] Manchester Regiment [36] Yorkshire Regiment [36] Cheshire Regiment [34] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [29] Royal Naval Reserve [28] Tank Corps [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26] Army Veterinary Corps [24] Lancashire Fusiliers [23] Middlesex Regiment [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] Royal Air Force [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] Army Ordnance Corps [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [18]

Service

British Army [4447] Canadian Expeditionary Force [726] Australian Imperial Force [381] Royal Navy [361] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [341] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [123] Indian Army [5] South African Services [5] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

D [6563] S [3] R [2] E [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6361] Merchant Navy [143] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [113] Canada [3] Australia [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Robert Henry Walter Davidson

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Walter Eardley Freeling Davidson

Born 1892

Died 1984

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Alec Davidson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64283

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James Davidson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300468

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Robert Mitchell Davidson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269515

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Peter Mclaren Davidson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86038

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John Thomas Davidson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266840

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Henry Davidson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111815

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Robert Frederick Davidson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10971

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Thomas Davidson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288402

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Obediah Davidson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 13857 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Clarence Davidson

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 226 Corporal Australian Light Horse

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Alexander Davidson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286221

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William Rodger Davidson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95147

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Valentine Davidson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269024

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Alexandra Davidson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45612

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James Fearon Davidson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34791

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Joseph Louis Davidson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47852

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Robert Gow Davidson

Born 1876

Died 1941

British Army 47638 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 47638 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Frederick James Davidson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108601

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